臨りん機き

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

suited to the occasion; expedient; ad hoc

Almost exclusively used in the set phrase 臨機応変 (りんきおうへん), meaning 'flexible, adapting to circumstances'. The standalone use is rare and literary.

• 「臨りん機き応おう変へん」は、状じょう況きょうに応おうじて柔じゅう軟なんに対たい応おうすることを意い味みする四よ字じ熟じゅく語ごです。

  臨機応変 is a four-character idiom meaning to respond flexibly according to the situation.

• この問もん題だいには臨りん機きの処しょ置ちが必ひつ要ようだ。

  This problem requires an ad hoc measure.